When Mark Dixon found out Shell Oil Company planned to build a petrochemical plant in nearby Beaver County, he immediately thought of the pollution and environmental devastation that would soon take place there.
“It really pissed me off,” Dixon said.
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Despite the promise of creating 600 permanent jobs, the ethane cracker plant being built about 40 minutes northwest of Pittsburgh by car continues to face scrutiny from environmental groups.
Shell Chemical Appalachia decided in 2012 that Beaver County would be the site of a new $6 billion plant to...